Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
INDIGNIFY
Etymology
Verb
indignify (third-person singular simple present indignifies, present participle indignifying, simple past and past participle indignified)
(obsolete, transitive) To treat with disdain or indignity; to contemn.
Anagrams
• nidifying
Source: Wiktionary
In*dig"ni*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. indignus unworthy + -fy.]
Definition: To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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